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INDUSTRY & OCCUPATION

Not only has the makeup of the American workforce evolved over the past fifty years as more and more women have sought jobs outside the home, but work itself has changed as the service sector has grown and employment in manufacturing has declined.

Occupation by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 8,373 56.10% 6,553 43.90%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 2,449 16.41% 2,457 16.46%
Management, business, & financial operations: 1,379 9.24% 622 4.17%
Management, except farm managers 547 3.66% 357 2.39%
Farmers & farm managers 627 4.20% 67 0.45%
Business & financial operations: 205 1.37% 198 1.33%
Business operations specialists 111 0.74% 73 0.49%
Financial specialists 94 0.63% 125 0.84%
Professional & related occupations: 1,070 7.17% 1,835 12.29%
Computer & mathematical 79 0.53% 58 0.39%
Architecture & engineering: 92 0.62% 8 0.05%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 41 0.27% 8 0.05%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 51 0.34% 0 0.00%
Life, physical, & social science 56 0.38% 21 0.14%
Community & social services 79 0.53% 136 0.91%
Legal 57 0.38% 62 0.42%
Education, training, & library 378 2.53% 1,038 6.95%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 156 1.05% 87 0.58%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 173 1.16% 425 2.85%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 120 0.80% 237 1.59%
Health technologists & technicians 53 0.36% 188 1.26%
Service occupations: 900 6.03% 1,328 8.90%
Healthcare support 45 0.30% 285 1.91%
Protective services: 247 1.65% 20 0.13%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 190 1.27% 20 0.13%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 57 0.38% 0 0.00%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 265 1.78% 487 3.26%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 199 1.33% 267 1.79%
Personal care & service 144 0.96% 269 1.80%
Sales & office occupations: 993 6.65% 2,301 15.42%
Sales & related occupations 631 4.23% 722 4.84%
Office & administrative support 362 2.43% 1,579 10.58%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 657 4.40% 36 0.24%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 1,430 9.58% 43 0.29%
Construction & extraction: 812 5.44% 28 0.19%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 129 0.86% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 675 4.52% 28 0.19%
Extraction 8 0.05% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 618 4.14% 15 0.10%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 1,944 13.02% 388 2.60%
Production 937 6.28% 257 1.72%
Transportation & material moving: 1,007 6.75% 131 0.88%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 27 0.18% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 3 0.02% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 606 4.06% 69 0.46%
Rail, water & other transportation 37 0.25% 0 0.00%
Material moving 334 2.24% 62 0.42%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 8,373 56.10% 6,553 43.90%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 1,417 9.49% 122 0.82%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 1,331 8.92% 121 0.81%
Mining 86 0.58% 1 0.01%
Construction 959 6.43% 120 0.80%
Manufacturing 1,376 9.22% 450 3.01%
Wholesale trade 238 1.59% 62 0.42%
Retail trade 862 5.78% 819 5.49%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 620 4.15% 203 1.36%
Transportation & warehousing 484 3.24% 129 0.86%
Utilities 136 0.91% 74 0.50%
Information 120 0.80% 129 0.86%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 243 1.63% 410 2.75%
Finance & insurance 122 0.82% 268 1.80%
Real estate & rental & leasing 121 0.81% 142 0.95%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 489 3.28% 275 1.84%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 293 1.96% 199 1.33%
Management of companies & enterprises 2 0.01% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 194 1.30% 76 0.51%
Educational, health & social services: 917 6.14% 2,720 18.22%
Educational services 680 4.56% 1,605 10.75%
Health care & social assistance 237 1.59% 1,115 7.47%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 499 3.34% 589 3.95%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 142 0.95% 63 0.42%
Accommodation & food services 357 2.39% 526 3.52%
Other services (except public administration) 307 2.06% 464 3.11%
Public administration 326 2.18% 190 1.27%

Source: Census 2000 analyzed by the Social Science Data Analysis Network (SSDAN).

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